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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Exodus 28:1.
Exodus 28:1-3
Excerpted from: Psalm Genres (Part Eight): Wisdom PsalmsNow, what does the Bible show that godly wisdom is? I think that is the best way to see, and oftentimes we can see God's leaning on these definitions by seeing how it is used first, right? So we go to the first mention, and we find out how a word is used first and that gives us a general idea of the drift of that word throughout Scripture. So we are going to go to the first mention of wisdom in the Old Testament, and that is in Exodus 28:3. We will go ahead and read verses 1 through 3. God tells Moses:
Here, in its first two locations in the Scripture, wisdom is used to denote divinely given technical skill. The first one is in tailoring, tailoring garments for the priests. And later, in chapter 31, it was for doing all kinds of skilled workmanship on the Tabernacle, and we saw there it had to do with jewels, wood, working with the metals, and, as it says, all manner of workmanship. Interesting that this is how it begins.
But did you notice the context? The first context of wisdom is priestly. Very interesting. The second one, is also priestly, if you will. It has to do with the Tabernacle and God's presence. It is an amazing thing. I am just going to leave it right there, but you can mull that over as you go. But I think it is very significant.
Anyway, these passages provide insight into wisdom in this very first, this initial context, and we have to carry that along as we are moving forward through the Bible to understand what wisdom is. So what kind of insight does it give us? First, wisdom is a practical skill. I mean, those men who tailored the garments for the priest did not stare at it, and something just magically went into an ephod, or some sort of linen garment, or whatever. They had to actually work with the material and sew it in a way that was fitting, proper, and excellent.
Exodus 28:1
Excerpted from: The Priesthood of God (Part 4)Let me back off just a bit what we just went through there in the early chapters of Exodus, was setting the arrangement of Moses' and Aaron's relationship to God and to Pharaoh. And now here they are out in the wilderness. What God is going to do is begin to fill the offices beneath those two men. Exodus 28:1 shows that Moses is to take Aaron and Aaron's sons and begin to do something with them.
This takes place when Israel is free from their bondage to Egypt. Moses is already clearly established as God's prophet, and the tabernacle is under construction.
So God is now filling in offices under Moses. This was done to enable Israel to be organized toward meeting their responsibility to be a holy nation. God did not have intermediaries there. What did they have to see? Where would they get instruction from?
So the intermediaries between God and the people were the priests. They are the bridge, giving instruction and showing an example. He appointed—God did—Aaron as high priest and Aaron's sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, as priests. One of those sons would follow Aaron as high priest, when Aaron died.
Exodus 28:1-2
Excerpted from: The Priesthood of God (Part 6)So this clothing was in no way a minor consideration to God. Thus, some of the beauty of holiness that Psalm 29 is referring to is what was apprehended, what was understood, and what was viewed by the people who were watching the service.
Exodus 28:1-4
Excerpted from: The Priesthood of God (Part 6)You get the inference from that last line: "that he may minister to Me." It is saying that if he did not have the clothing on, he could not minister before Him.
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